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180km

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Support My Walk for Mental Health Research

Did you know that 1 in 5 Australians experience symptoms of mental illness each year?

In fact, every day in Australia, 9 people will die by suicide.

Mental illness can be debilitating and can have a devastating impact on not only those living with it, but those around them.

This October, I’ll be taking part in One Foot Forward to help reduce the impact of mental illness and suicide.

I'm walking to raise funds for Black Dog Institute, so that they can put ground-breaking new mental health treatment, education, and digital services into the hands of the people who need them most.

It would mean so much to me if you donated to support my walk.

Together, we can create better mental health for all Australians.

My Updates

One Foot Forward

In October I will be joining the Wilson family & Balldale/Corowa communities for Black Dog's One Foot Forward walking challenge. We are walking 125km over the month for 3 reasons:
- to honour the memory of Zoe - a kind, funny and genuine young woman who passed away in September '23 and has been so sorely missed every day since.
- to fundraise for better research, systems and services for mental health
- to stay connected in the days, weeks, months and years that follow the most devastating day in a family's life.

I would be so grateful if you could support us in any of these ways:
- making a small donation
- joining me (and the dogs) for a walk and talk on any day in October
- reading one of these fact sheets. There is so much more to mental health than anxiety and depression which dominate public mental health awareness campaigns. Here are some fast facts about complex mental health issues that were important to Zoe, shared w permission of her family:

- Common questions about schizoaffective disorder (3min read) https://www.sane.org/information-and-resources/the-sane-blog/mental-illness/common-questions-about-schizoaffective-disorder
- Supporting a friend with an eating disorder (4min read) https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/storage/2021/05/Supporting-a-friend-with-an-eating-disorder.pdf
- Trauma and mental health (1st 2 pages - 5min read) https://www.orygen.org.au/Training/Resources/Trauma/Mythbusters/Trauma-mh-yp/

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